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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5822934" data-attributes="member: 22424">I don't know about the relative popularity of Halflings vs Dragonborn, but there is one almost overwhelming reason Halflings should be in the core. It's coming to a cinema near you in December.Seriously, WotC should be doing everything they can to latch onto any surge in fantasy that results from the Hobbit movie. And part of that means making it as easy as possible to play the heroes from that film (and, indeed, the LotR films, not to mention the books).Dropping any of the 'big 4' races would be a huge mistake.In theory, I would agree with that, but the LA mechanics in 3e just didn't work right, and I strongly suspect that was because they were fundamentally flawed, not just that they needed tweaked.The best way to handle &quot;monsters as PCs&quot; for normally high-powered monsters is to provide a &quot;Savage Species&quot; type supplement, providing decent progressions (and specialised feats, powers, etc) for as many creatures as will fit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 5822934, member: 22424"] I don't know about the relative popularity of Halflings vs Dragonborn, but there is one almost overwhelming reason Halflings should be in the core. It's coming to a cinema near you in December. Seriously, WotC should be doing everything they can to latch onto any surge in fantasy that results from the Hobbit movie. And part of that means making it as easy as possible to play the heroes from that film (and, indeed, the LotR films, not to mention the books). Dropping any of the 'big 4' races would be a huge mistake. In theory, I would agree with that, but the LA mechanics in 3e just didn't work right, and I strongly suspect that was because they were fundamentally flawed, not just that they needed tweaked. The best way to handle "monsters as PCs" for normally high-powered monsters is to provide a "Savage Species" type supplement, providing decent progressions (and specialised feats, powers, etc) for as many creatures as will fit. [/QUOTE]

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